Public Hearing Schedule
City of Baltimore
October 23, 2012
4:00 PM
Budget and Appropriations Committee
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Supplementary General Fund Capital Appropriation - Department of Transportation - |
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$4,200,000 |
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FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Capital Appropriation in the |
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amount of $4,200,000 to the Department of Transportation (Account #9950-901069-5912), to |
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provide funding for additional capital projects; and providing for a special effective date. |
12-0140
4:15 PM
Budget and Appropriations Committee
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Supplementary General Fund Capital Appropriation - Department of Transportation - |
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$7,200,000 |
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FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Capital Appropriation in the |
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amount of $7,200,000 to the Department of Transportation (Account #9950-903550-9509), to |
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provide funding for additional capital projects; and providing for a special effective date. |
12-0141
4:30 PM
Budget and Appropriations Committee
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General Fund Appropriation Transfer - $1,551,566 - from Various City Agencies to the |
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Fire Department (Program 602) - $657,566 and to M-R: Educational Grants (Program |
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446) - $894,000 |
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FOR the purpose of transferring General Fund Operating Appropriations in the amount of |
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$200,000 from the M-R: Civic Promotion (Program 590 - Civic Promotion Grants), in the |
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amount of $1,000,000 from the M-R: Office of Information Technology (Program 805 - |
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Enterprise IT Delivery Services), in the amount of $175,000 from the M-R: Miscellaneous |
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General Expenses (Program 122 - Miscellaneous General Expenses), and in the amount of |
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$176,566 from the Department of General Services (Program 731 - Facilities Management) to |
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the Fire Department (Program 602 - Fire Suppression and Emergency Rescue) in the amount |
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of $657,566 and to the M-R: Educational Grants (Program 446 - Educational Grants) in the |
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amount of $894,000; and providing for a special effective date. |
12-0150
5:00 PM
Budget and Appropriations Committee
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Supplementary General Fund Appropriation - Baltimore City Public Schools - |
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$12,922,862 |
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FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Appropriation in the amount of |
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$12,922,862 to M-R: Baltimore City Public Schools - Program 352 (Baltimore City Public |
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Schools), to provide funding for teacher pensions; and providing for a special effective date. |
12-0124
October 24, 2012
5:00 PM
Health Committee
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Informational Hearing - Mandatory Patient Transportation for Drug Treatment |
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Programs |
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FOR the purpose of requesting that representatives from the City and State agencies that |
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regulate and support chemical dependency treatment programs appear before the Council to |
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discuss steps that can be taken to make treatment more accessible to residents of areas far |
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from existing facilities while minimizing the impact of treatment facilities on their host |
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neighborhoods, including the possibility of requiring facilities to provide transportation to |
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their patients. |
12-0065R
CANCELLED - TO BE RESCHEDULED AT A LATER DATE.
October 25, 2012
4:00 PM
Urban Affairs and Aging Committee
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Baltimore City Landmark List - Abell Building |
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FOR the purpose of designating the Abell Building, 329-335 West Baltimore Street, as a |
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historical landmark. |
12-0126
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Baltimore City Landmark List - Appold-Faust Building |
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FOR the purpose of designating the Appold-Faust Building, 307-309 West Baltimore Street, |
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as a historical landmark. |
12-0127
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Baltimore City Landmark List - Baltimore Equitable Society Building |
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FOR the purpose of designating the Baltimore Equitable Society Building, 21 North Eutaw |
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Street, as a historical landmark. |
12-0128
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Baltimore City Landmark List - Equitable Building |
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FOR the purpose of designating the Equitable Building, 10-12 North Calvert Street, as a |
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historical landmark. |
12-0129
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Baltimore City Landmark List - Old Town National Bank Building |
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FOR the purpose of designating the Old Town National Bank Building, 221 North Gay Street, |
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as a historical landmark. |
12-0130
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Baltimore City Landmark List - St. Alphonsus Hall |
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FOR the purpose of designating St. Alphonsus Hall, 125 West Saratoga Street, as a historical |
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landmark. |
12-0131
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Baltimore City Landmark List - Terminal Warehouse Building |
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FOR the purpose of designating the Terminal Warehouse Building, 320 Guilford Avenue, as a |
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historical landmark. |
12-0132
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Baltimore City Landmark List - Turnbull Building |
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FOR the purpose of designating the Turnbull Building, 311-313 West Baltimore Street, as a |
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historical landmark. |
12-0133
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Baltimore City Landmark List: Public Interiors - St. Mark’s Evangelical Lutheran |
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Church |
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FOR the purpose of designating St. Mark’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1920 Saint Paul |
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Street, as a historical landmark: public interior. |
12-0134
4:30 PM
Urban Affairs and Aging Committee
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Urban Renewal - Waverly Business Area - Amendment _ |
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FOR the purpose of amending the Urban Renewal Plan for Waverly Business Area to add the |
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property known as 3313-3319 Greenmount Avenue to those properties designated for |
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acquisition, by revising Exhibit 2, "Property Acquisition" of the Plan and to add the property |
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known as 3313-3319 Greenmount Avenue to those properties designated for disposition by |
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revising Exhibit 3, "Land Disposition" of the Plan; waiving certain content and procedural |
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requirements; making the provisions of this Ordinance severable; providing for the application |
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of this Ordinance in conjunction with certain other ordinances; and providing for a special |
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effective date. |
12-0074
October 29, 2012
5:00 PM
Public Safety Committee
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Informational Hearing - Prohibiting Racial Profiling |
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FOR the purpose of calling on representatives from the Police Department and Baltimore City |
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Public Schools to appear before the Council to discuss the problem of racial profiling and to |
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explore how to better address this problem through the expansion or creation of effective |
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anti-profiling education programs. |
12-0054R
Cable TV 25 (Hearing to be reconvened after being recessed on July 9, 2012).
November 01, 2012
11:30 AM
Health Committee
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National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week - November 10th to 18th |
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FOR the purpose of proclaiming November 10-18, 2012 as National Hunger and Homeless |
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Awareness Week and encouraging all citizens to recognize that many people do not have |
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housing and need support from citizens, and private or public nonprofit service entities. |
12-0071R
2:00 PM
Housing and Community Development Committee
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City Property - Grant of Easements |
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FOR the purpose of authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to grant 3 perpetual |
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easements for the benefit of Mt. Vernon Mill, LLC, its successors and assigns, across the |
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Jones Falls in the area between the properties known as 3000 and 3030 Falls Road (Block |
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3500, Lots 1 and 3) for the purpose of (1) installing and maintaining a pedestrian footbridge |
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over the property (Jones Falls) that is required by the City of Baltimore as a second means of |
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egress from the building at 3030 Falls Road, (2) permitting the continuation of an existing |
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footbridge and the maintenance of it over the property (Jones Falls) that was originally |
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constructed in 1918, and (3) allowing certain existing piers located in the property (Jones |
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Falls) that support the structure at 3000 Falls Road and allowing the portion of the structure |
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that extends into the property (Jones Falls); and providing for a special effective date. |
12-0090
2:05 PM
Housing and Community Development Committee
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Code Enforcement Officers |
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FOR the purpose of redefining the persons authorized to issue environmental citations; |
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correcting, clarifying, and conforming related provisions; and generally relating to the |
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designation of environmental control officers. |
12-0154
4:00 PM
Education and Youth Committee
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Informational Hearing - Baltimore City Public Charter Schools |
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FOR the purpose of calling on representatives of the Baltimore City Public School System, |
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public charter school operators, and other stakeholders to report to the City Council on the |
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current status of the City’s public charter schools, and to discuss their accomplishments and |
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their challenges, particularly in regards to the per-pupil funding formula and addressing the |
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on-going capital needs of those public charter schools housed in privately-owned buildings. |
12-0072R
November 03, 2012
10:00 AM
Land Use and Transportation Committee
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12-0125 Residential Permit Parking - Approving Extension of Area 43 |
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FOR the purpose of approving and extending the Parking Management Plan for Residential |
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Permit Parking Area 43; and providing for a special effective date. |
LO12-0040
This hearing will be held at United Evangelical Church, 3200 Dillon Street.
10:05 AM
Land Use and Transportation Committee
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12-0102 Residential Permit Parking Program |
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FOR the purpose of modifying the procedures and requisites for including an area in a new or |
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existing Residential Permit Parking Area; modifying the procedures for amending a |
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Residential Permit Parking Plan; adding certain vehicle types to those eligible for parking |
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permits in a Residential Permit Parking Area; qualifying permit eligibility for residents of |
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dwelling units added to an existing Residential Permit Parking Area; limiting parking |
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durations for non-permit holders; establishing progressive fines for parking, stopping, or |
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standing in violation of Residential Parking Area restrictions; modifying the composition of |
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the Residential Permit Parking Advisory Board; providing for the election of Advisory Board |
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officers; defining and redefining certain terms; prohibiting certain conduct; correcting, |
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clarifying, and conforming related provisions; and generally relating to the Residential Permit |
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Parking Program. |
LO12-0038
This hearing will be held at United Evangelical Church, 3200 Dillon Street.
November 07, 2012
10:00 AM
Taxation, Finance and Economic Development Committee
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Informational Hearing - Auditing Best Practices |
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FOR the purpose of calling on representatives from the from the Department of Audits to |
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appear before the Council to discuss how the Department currently performs its Charter |
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mandated duties, the best practices in municipal and government auditing, and how audits of |
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City agencies can be made more regular, frequent, and effective. |
12-0060R
WORK SESSION (a second work session is scheduled for December 5, 2012)
2:00 PM
Land Use and Transportation Committee
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12-0125 Residential Permit Parking - Approving Extension of Area 43 |
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FOR the purpose of approving and extending the Parking Management Plan for Residential |
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Permit Parking Area 43; and providing for a special effective date. |
LO12-0041
2:05 PM
Land Use and Transportation Committee
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12-0102 Residential Permit Parking Program |
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FOR the purpose of modifying the procedures and requisites for including an area in a new or |
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existing Residential Permit Parking Area; modifying the procedures for amending a |
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Residential Permit Parking Plan; adding certain vehicle types to those eligible for parking |
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permits in a Residential Permit Parking Area; qualifying permit eligibility for residents of |
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dwelling units added to an existing Residential Permit Parking Area; limiting parking |
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durations for non-permit holders; establishing progressive fines for parking, stopping, or |
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standing in violation of Residential Parking Area restrictions; modifying the composition of |
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the Residential Permit Parking Advisory Board; providing for the election of Advisory Board |
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officers; defining and redefining certain terms; prohibiting certain conduct; correcting, |
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clarifying, and conforming related provisions; and generally relating to the Residential Permit |
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Parking Program. |
LO12-0039
5:00 PM
Budget and Appropriations Committee
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City Agency Adoption of Recreation Centers |
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FOR the purpose of requesting that the Director of Recreation and Parks, the Housing |
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Commissioner, the Director of Transportation, the Police Commissioner, the Director of |
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Public Works, the Director of General Services, and the Director of Finance appear before the |
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City Council to discuss the status of the City’s recreation centers and the feasibility of creating |
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interagency partnerships to allow each of the City’s five largest agencies to sponsor two |
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recreation centers each to continue operations of the recreation centers slated for closure or |
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private partnerships after the 2012 summer season. |
12-0058R
Cable TV 25
November 13, 2012
9:30 AM
Judiciary and Legislative Investigations
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Building, Fire, and Related Codes - 2012 Edition |
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FOR the purpose of adopting a revised Building, Fire, and Related Codes Article, comprising |
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the Maryland Building Performance Standards (effective January 1, 2012), the International |
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Building Code (2012 Edition), the International Electrical Code (2011 Edition), the |
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International Fuel Gas Code (2012 Edition), the International Mechanical Code (2012 |
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Edition), the International Plumbing Code (2012 Edition), the International Property |
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Maintenance Code (2012 Edition), the International Fire Code (2012 Edition), the |
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International Energy Conservation Code (2012 Edition), and the International Residential |
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Code for One- and Two-Family Dwellings (2012 Edition), all as supplemented, amended, or |
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otherwise modified by this Ordinance; providing for the effect, construction, and effective date |
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of these new standards and codes; conforming, correcting, and clarifying certain language; and |
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generally relating to the adoption of new building, fire, property maintenance, electrical, |
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plumbing, mechanical, and related codes for Baltimore City. |
12-0123
November 14, 2012
1:00 PM
Land Use and Transportation Committee
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Planned Unit Development - The District at Canton Crossing - Amendment 2 |
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FOR the purpose of approving certain amendments to the Development Plan of the District of |
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Canton Crossing Planned Unit Development. |
12-0146
1:15 PM
Land Use and Transportation Committee
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Planned Unit Development - Amendment 2 - Northwest Plaza |
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FOR the purpose of approving certain amendments to the Development Plan of the Northwest |
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Plaza Planned Unit Development. |
12-0122
November 15, 2012
4:00 PM
Urban Affairs and Aging Committee
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Urban Renewal - Carroll Camden - Amendment _ |
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FOR the purpose of amending the Urban Renewal Plan for Carroll Camden to revise the |
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specific disposition lot controls for those disposition lots identified on Exhibit 2 of the Plan, to |
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repeal a requirement that an easement be provided for the Gwynns Falls Trail in Disposition |
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Lots 1 and 2, and to amend Appendix A to provide that the design and rehabilitation standards |
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are applicable to all new construction; waiving certain content and procedural requirements; |
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making the provisions of this Ordinance severable; providing for the application of this |
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Ordinance in conjunction with certain other ordinances; and providing for a special effective |
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date. |
12-0144
December 05, 2012
10:00 AM
Taxation, Finance and Economic Development Committee
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12-0060R - Informational Hearing - Auditing Best Practices |
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FOR the purpose of calling on representatives from the from the Department of Audits to |
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appear before the Council to discuss how the Department currently performs its Charter |
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mandated duties, the best practices in municipal and government auditing, and how audits of |
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City agencies can be made more regular, frequent, and effective. |
LO12-0042
WORK SESSION
December 11, 2012
9:30 AM
Judiciary and Legislative Investigations
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Informational Hearing - Establishing the Baltimore City African-American Civil Rights |
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Historic Commission |
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FOR the purpose of calling on representatives from Baltimore's civil rights, historical, and |
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cultural institutions to meet with the City Council in a hearing to determine how best to |
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fashion and establish a Baltimore City African-American Civil Rights Historic Commission |
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whose mission is to catalog, preserve, link, and promote the many resources memorializing |
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the pioneering civil rights struggle which occurred in Baltimore City in the 1950's and 60's, |
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the significant benchmarks achieved of both local and national importance, and the continuing |
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struggle to finish the work begun. |
12-0057R